Fig 1.
Path model of potential relationships between all variables.
All potential influences of factors for starting participation (F1—F3), continuing participation (F6—F8), or abandoning (F4—F5), on continuity are considered in the initial model.
Table 1.
Socio-demographic variables of the respondents. Level of study is presented disaggregated according to the gender variable.
Table 2.
Participation profiles in terms of project involvement.
Table 3.
Proposed scales and identified motivation factors, including the number of items per factor, the composite reliability coefficient (Construct reliability-CR), and the Average Variance Extracted (AVE).
Table 4.
Descriptive values for each motivation factor together with the correlations between the factors and P values in brackets.
Table 5.
Comparison of factors in the three subgroups defined according to their continuity.
Fig 2.
Path model of potential relationships between all identified factors.
All potential influences of identified factors for starting participation (F1—F3), continuing participation (F6—F8), or abandoning (F4—F5), on continuity are shown.
Fig 3.
Path model of influences on the continuity of factors for starting (F1-F3), continuing (F6-F8) or abandoning (F4-F5).
Only significant paths (p < .05) are shown. F4 (personal limitations as a reason for abandoning) is excluded due to no significant effect.